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The great migration

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In this ARTSEDGE lesson, students learn about the migration of African Americans to Harlem, beginning with the original migration of blacks to North America. Students explore paintings by Jacob Lawrence to understand the experience of blacks who migrated from the South. Students then take a closer look at Harlem and its place in African American history and make a travel brochure of Harlem’s historic landmarks. Finally, students create a mural representing one historical period studied in the lesson.

North Carolina Curriculum Alignment

Social Studies (2003)

Grade 1

  • Goal 3: The learner will recognize and understand the concept of change in various settings.
    • Objective 3.03: Compare and contrast past and present changes within the local community and communities around the world.
    • Objective 3.04: Recognize that members of the community are affected by changes in the community that occur over time.

Grade 2

  • Goal 4: The learner will exhibit an understanding of change in communities over time.
    • Objective 4.01: Analyze the effects of change in communities and predict future changes.
    • Objective 4.03: Describe human movement in the establishment of settlement patterns such as rural, urban, and suburban.

Grade 3

  • Goal 3: The learner will examine how individuals can initiate change in families, neighborhoods, and communities.
    • Objective 3.01: Analyze changes, which have occurred in communities past and present.

Grade 5

  • Goal 1: The learner will apply key geographic concepts to the United States and other countries of North America.
    • Objective 1.07: Analyze the past movement of people, goods, and ideas within and among the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Central America and compare it to movement today.
  • Goal 3: The learner will examine the roles various ethnic groups have played in the development of the United States and its neighboring countries.
    • Objective 3.02: Examine how changes in the movement of people, goods, and ideas have affected ways of living in the United States.
    • Objective 3.05: Describe the religious and ethnic impact of settlement on different regions of the United States.
    • Objective 3.07: Describe art, music, and craft forms in the United States and compare them to various art forms in Canada, Mexico, and selected countries of Central America.

Visual Arts Education (2001)

Grade 5

  • Goal 5: The learner will understand the visual arts in relation to history and cultures.
    • Objective 5.01: Begin to recognize that art is the visual record of the history of mankind.

Kindergarten

  • Goal 5: The learner will understand the visual arts in relation to history and cultures.
    • Objective 5.05: Recognize that human beings create art to tell a story about their ideas and lives without words.